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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

mineral resources, mineral deposits, critical minerals

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geoscientificInformation

Place Keywords

United States, Puerto Rico

Critical mineral deposits of the United States (ver. 2.0, April 2024)

This product includes GIS and data tables for 684 deposits in the United States and Puerto Rico that have past or present production or resources for critical minerals. Deposits are classified by mineral system and deposit types using the Earth Mineral Resources Initiative (EMRI) framework of Hofstra and Kreiner (2020) and the focus areas defined by Dicken and others (2022).

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Author(s) Jane M Hammarstrom orcid, Laurel G Woodruff, Connie Dicken orcid
Publication Date 2023-07-18
Beginning Date of Data 2024
Ending Date of Data 2024
Data Contact
Jane M. Hammarstrom
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K1HBNT
Citation Hammarstrom, J.M., Woodruff, L.G., and Dicken, C., 2023, Critical mineral deposits of the United States (ver. 2.0, April 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K1HBNT.
Metadata Contact
Connie L. Dicken
Metadata Date 2024-08-06
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